Quick Facts & Statistics

VISION
A premier graduate, research and professional development center.

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FOUNDED
University of Idaho - 1889
Ada County Extension - 1910
Boise Center - 1953

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SIZE
Serves approximately 1,100 students each year providing over 6,500 credit hours of instruction. Nearly ninety percent are part-time students and working professionals. In addition, over 1,300 individuals are served through professional development workshops and seminars.

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RESEARCH
The University of Idaho is the only institution in the state to earn the prestigious Carnegie Foun­dation ranking for high research activity. Researchers attract nearly $100 million in research grants and contracts each year with approximately $8 million being conducted in southern Idaho.

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AREAS OF FOCUS

• Water, natural resources and the environment
• Community sustainability
• Organizational development and leadership
• The professions: law, medicine, architecture, engineering and education

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ECONOMIC IMPACT
Over 320 faculty and staff in southern Idaho with a payroll exceeding $9.4 million.

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ALUMNI
Nearly 34,000 alumni reside in Idaho – 46% work and live in southern Idaho.

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EXPANDING INTELLECTUAL BOUNDARIES
University of Idaho ranks second in the Northwest for enrolling new National Merit Scholars. Fall 2008 enrollment included 31 new National Merit Finalist Scholars – the top one percent of the nation’s high-school graduates – in the freshman class. There are now 65 National Merit Scholars enrolled at the University of Idaho.

The University of Idaho has produced four U.S. Senators, six U.S. Congressmen, four governors, the Secretary of the Interior, and the directors of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service.